Houris (Heavenly Wives) in Paradise
About justice between male believers and female believers, we read in the Qur’an:
And their Lord responded to them, “Never will I allow to be lost the work of [any] worker among you, whether male or female; you are of one another. So those who emigrated or were evicted from their homes or were harmed in My cause or fought or were killed – I will surely remove from them their misdeeds, and I will surely admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow as reward from Allah , and Allah has with Him the best reward.” (Aal `Imran 3:195)
As I once stated, we do not find such clear and just requital in the other Abrahamic religions, especially Judaism and Christianity.
Do Houris Constitute Everything in Heaven for Men?
While the otherworldly reward has various forms and manifestations in Islam, we, unfortunately, observe that some Islamophobes disregard all of those forms and manifestations and concentrate only on the Houris in an attempt to defame Islam and Muslims.
In fact, the forms of otherworldly reward as varied and infinite as man’s desires, be they physical or moral.
The more man restrains oneself, keeps patient and curbs one’s desires to avoid indulgence and illicit enjoyment, the more rewards God promises this one in Paradise. For example, we read:
Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while Allah has not yet made evident those of you who fight in His cause and made evident those who are steadfast? (Aal `Imran 3:142)
We also read:
And those who are patient, seeking the countenance of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good – those will have the good consequence of [this] home – Gardens of perpetual residence; they will enter them with whoever were righteous among their fathers, their spouses and their descendants. And the angels will enter upon them from every gate, [saying], “Peace be upon you for what you patiently endured. And excellent is the final home.” (Ar-Ra`d 13:24-26)
While the believers are commanded to restrain their desires for, for example, food, sex and the like in this worldly life, they are promised full satisfaction in the otherworldly life. For example, we read:
And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, “This is what we were provided with before.” And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally. (Al-Baqarah 2:25)
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